NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series - Saturday from Bandimere Speed way

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - WEST CENTRAL DIVISION
BANDIMERE SPEEDWAY
SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 2002

A.B. & C.C. LOW QUALIFIERS AT BANDIMERE

Denver - Alan Bradshaw and Cy Chesterman are the top qualifiers in Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car at Thunder on the Mountain, a Zac's Legacy Foundation event.  
Bradshaw's initial pass on Friday of 5.677 seconds, 250.60 mph, held through all three rounds of qualifying to make him low qualifier in his class.  The Odessa, Texas, racer will head into tomorrow's eliminations looking for his first win of the season.
Chesterman of Sioux City, Iowa, ran a 6.037 second, 238.98 mph run during his second trip down the quarter-mile, putting him ahead of his competitors for the rest of the day.
Low qualifiers in other classes were Clint Sallee of Glendive, Mont., in Comp; Randall Klein of Lincoln, Neb., in Super Stock; and Gary Gokey of Denver, in Stock.  
	Chris Oravecz of Arlington, Texas, is also number one qualifier in the NHRA Kerker Motorcycle Series going into tomorrow's eliminations.  
	Thunder on the Mountain, a Zac's Legacy Foundation event, and also race three of six in West Central Division competition of the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series concludes tomorrow with eliminations beginning at 8:30 a.m.  Spectator admission for tomorrow's eliminations is $22.  Children 6-12 are $6 and children five and under are admitted free.  
For more information, please call Bandimere Speedway at (303) 697-6001 or visit www.bandimere.com.

	The following are final qualifying results and first round pairings for TAD and TAFC from the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event at Bandimere Speedway:

TOP ALCOHOL DRAGSTER
1)	Alan Bradshaw, Odessa, Texas, 5.677 seconds, 250.60 mph vs. BYE
2)	David Wells, Lemars, Iowa, 5.791, 248.89 vs. 5) Kent Nuckols, Albuquerque, N.M., 5.929, 243.55
3)	Larry Traugott, Woodward, Okla., 5.849, 241.71 vs. 4) Edwin Schmeeckle, Gothenburg, Neb., 5.855, 243.68

TOP ALCOHOL FUNNY CAR
1)	Cy Chesterman, Sioux City, Iowa, '99 Trans Am, 6.037 seconds, 238.98 mph vs. 8) Gage Chaffee, Big Lake, Minn., '96 Cutlass, 6.322, 225.48
2)	Kirk Williams, Glenwood, Iowa, '98 Pontiac, 6.070, 237.50 vs. 7) Steve Griboski, Aurora, Colo., '97 Camaro, 6.314, 229.08
3)	Lawren Jones, Albuquerque, N.M., '02 Camaro, 6.080, 236.09 vs. 6) Bernie Harrington, Apple Valley, Calif., '00 Avenger, 6.147, 233.44
4)	Vern Moats, Des Moines, Iowa, '00 Firebird, 6.080, 235.80 vs. 5) Robert Kanenwisher, Conifer, Colo., '00 Avenger, 6.090, 238.26

Not Qualified
9)	Kris Hool, Casper, Wyo., '98 Pontiac, 6.474, 223.14
10)	Robert Hurley, Ledger, Mont., '95 Mustang, 6.604, 216.27
11)	Scott McVey, Winnipeg, Man., '97 Cutlass, 6.605, 217.84

COMP ELIMINATOR
1)	Clint Sallee, Glendive, Mont., '00 Fritz, B/D, 7.239 seconds, -0.651 under index
2)	David Kramer, Sterling, Colo., '01 Fritz, A/ED, 7.171, -0.649
3)	Bill Kent, Midland, Texas, '00 Frameworks, C/D, 7.501, -0.589
4)	Thomas Snyder, Longmont, Colo., '23 Chevy, A/A, 7.156, -0.584
5)	Dean Howerton, Lake Havasu City, Ariz., '00 Frameworks, C/D, 7.515, -0.575
6)	Nathan Martin, Ft. Worth, Texas, '63 Corvette, A/PM, 6.747, -0.543
7)	Lucky Snyder, Longmont, Colo., '62 Sunbee, F/A, 8.900, -0.530
8)	Paul Anderson, Erie, Colo., '00 Dragster, C/ED, 7.994, -0.526
9)	Russ Kelly, Omaha, Neb., '99 Spitzer, A/ED, 7.305, -0.515
10)	Steve Kalkowski, Ogallala, Neb., '00 Pontiac, B/A, 7.805, -0.485

SUPER STOCK
1)	Randall Klein, Lincoln, Neb., '56 Nomad, SS/NA, 12.237 seconds, -1.183 under index
2)	Tyler Cassil, Belton, Mo., '66 Chevy, SS/K, 11.003, -1.177
3)	Michael Tueffel, Centenial, Colo., '85 Camaro, SS/BM, 9.358, -1.102
4)	Ted Romero, Denver, '98 Pontiac, GT/JA, 11.494, -1.066
5)	Carroll Warling, Aravado, Colo., '74 Grand Am, SS/MA, 12.040, -1.060
6)	James Weakland, Morrison, Colo., '68 Camaro, SS/GA, 10.665, -1.035
7)	Ritch Ahrens, Greeley, Colo., '85 Firebird, GT/EA, 10.776, -1.034
8)	Ron Taylor, Lincoln, Neb., '57 Chevy, SS/MA, 12.068, -1.032
9)	Gary McGlasson, Los Lunas, N.M., '69 Camaro, SS/HA, 10.740, -1.010
10)	Jim Beuthel, Aurora, Colo., '91 Calais, GT/CA, 10.541, -0.999

STOCK ELIMINATOR
1)	Gary Gokey, Denver, '86 Omni, AF/S, 14.341 seconds, -1.449 under index
2)	Steve Couch, Sidney, Neb., '00 Dakota, DT/SA, 12.584, -1.436
3)	Marty Woffard, Gore, Okla., '66 Nova, K/S, 12.495, -1.355
4)	Al Corda, Elk Mound, Wis., '01 Firebird, C/SA, 11.304, -1.306
5)	Steve Brack, Lawrence, Kan., '85 Camaro, I/S, 12.315, -1.165
6)	Scott Burton, Golden, Colo., '73 Firebird, G/SA, 12.103, -1.157
7)	Frank Weaver Jr., Waco, Texas, '87 Trans Am, K/SA, 12.804, -1.156
8)	Jeffrey Johnson, Englewood, Colo., '67 Mustang, E/SA, 11.814, -1.126
9)	Dwayne Scheitlin, Madera, Calif., '70 Challenger, B/SA, 11.387, -1.063
10)	Neal Rhodes, Elizabeth, Colo., '67 Fairlane, F/SA, 12.073, -1.027

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